Finland’s UBI (1)

Substitute words and phrases in the sentences below with appropriate expressions from the list. Make
necessary changes. Each expression can only be used once.

take on, cutting age, fringe, dock, get away with, susceptible, come along, incremental, go to any/all lengths,
pass the buck, with no strings attached, in the wake, wane

1. You can’t go unpunished fir being late every morning.

2. The politician’s popularity kept decreasing with his every decision.

3. Trouble appears when you least expect it.

4. Try contacting Lovet & Lovet. I hear they are hiring for trainee staff.

5. The government’s announcement of the new austerity measures will result in protests.

6. After the operation she was rather likely to get an infection.

7. I expect the side events to be more interesting than the main conference.

8. President Trump was prepared to do anything to stop the influx of Mexican immigrants.

9. I was tempted to make someone else responsible but I did not

10. The overall reform of the system seems a better solution than gradual change.

11. The extra benefits on one end will mean reducing our wages on the other.

12. Father will lend us the money without any conditions.

13. The new player was the team’s great advantage.

Finland’s UBI (2)

Substitute words and phrases in the sentences below with appropriate expressions from the list. Make
necessary changes. Each expression can only be used once.

Precarious, loom, countenance, drift into, cut down, be (put) in place, deploy, hammer, play out, do away with,
commit, fertile, enact, ditch, embrace, address

1. The bleak mountains emerged menacingly on the horizon.

2. All the arrangements have been made and we are ready for their visit.

3. I am afraid our concerns were not adequately dealt with in the report.

4. The power struggle within the party lines was performed with a fair degree of personal hatred.

5. I don’t think our candidate stands much chance of being elected without making a clear declaration
that he will make an effort to bring about peace with all the neighbouring countries.

6. The whole project is an outcome of Terry’s productive imagination.

7. After the extended lockdown, many businesses found themselves in an unstable financial position.

8. The new road building scheme has been abandoned only after a few months.

9. Our team was practically defeated in the first half of the match.

10. The general decided to send more troops to secure a full control of the area.

11. Many people seem to have become apathetic in the current economic and political situation.

12. As there is little demand for our product, we will have to either diversify or reduce production.

13. Many of the refugees accepted their host country’s culture with enthusiasm.

14. The police forces must get rid of the thugs in the city centre.

15. Are you aware of the new law that the Parliament passed last night?

16. The head office denied a green light to our proposal.